Stopper for bottles, jars, or similar containers.



No. 682,357. Patented Sept. I0, 90l.

K. R. JAHN. STUPPER FOR BOTTLES, JARS, 0R SIMILAR CONTAINERS.

(Applic'ation led June 5, 1900.)

(N0 Model.)

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KONRAD RIGE JAHN, OF OOPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

STOPPR FOR BOTTLES, JARS, OR SIMILAR GONTAlNERS.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,357', dated Septei'nber 10, 19(111. Application tiled June 5, 1900. Serial No. 19,119. (N0 model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KONRAD Rien JAHN, physician, of 25 Amagertoro, Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark, have invented a Stopper for Bottles, Jars, or Similar Containers, of which the following is a specitication.

The present invention refers to a stopper for bottles, jars, or similar containers, especially intended for keeping their openings clean. 1

`The invention is shown on the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l` shows a bottle supplied with the said stopper in partial section. Fig. 2 represents the stopper seen in side elevation. Fig. 3 represents the same seen from below.

t is a bottle Whose neck is supplied with a circular groove, above which is a head conically pointed.

The stopper consists of a body b, of metal, porcelain, or the like, of a suitable shape, having along its edge a circular groove e', into which a wire c, of suitable thickness and rigidity, is placed. At two opposite points of the circumference the body b is provided with notches where the wire is bent downward, and the arms d thus formed are, on height with the aforementioned groove in the neck of the bottle, bent inward. Thus four hooks e are formed which when the stopper be forced down over the conical head of the bottle are somewhat spread out, owing to the elasticity oi' the arms d. Whenever the stopper has been pushed down so much that the hooks e are on a height with the groove in the neck of the bottle, they will slip into this groove and be kept there.

The bottom of the stopper b has a cylindrical or conical recess g, into which the upper part of the bottles head may enter. The recess g is lined with an elastic material, of

indiaru'bber or the like, which makes the necessary joint when the bottle is closed.

When the stopper is to be put on, it is pressed right down over the head of the bottle, Whose upper part fits exactly between the four hooks. If the wire c be sufficiently strong and resisting as well as fitting perfectly into the groove of the bottles neck, the stopper may be kept on a bottle even if this contains liuid under pressure. The stopper is also adapted for bottles already drawn, but which it is desired to keep tightly corked for a shorter time.

The Wire c may consist either of one continuous piece or of two, respectively, several lseparate pieces fastened to the body o, the arms d being placed in notches in the rim of the body.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- The combination of a bottle, jar or similar container provided with a groove in the neck portion thereof, with a stopper comprising a body portionb provided with a groove f around its outer edge and notches rat opposite points, and rigid wires c tightly inserted in said groove f,bent downward in the notchesvl and forming arms d terminating in hooks e, adapted to be sprung over the neck of the bottle or the like, by downward pressure, and

into the said groove on the neck of the bottle.

In testimony whereof I have signed :my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

KONRAD RIGE JAHN.

Witnesses:

ERNEST BOUTARD, F. C. JAcoBsEN. 

